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87 Environment Trivia Questions For Environmental Enthusiasts

Do you love watching nature documentaries? Is Earth Day your favorite holiday? Are you concerned about taking care of our planet for this generation and the next? If you love the environment, prove your passion by taking this quiz about the environment.

Our planet is full of diverse ecosystems and environmental conditions that shape how we experience the world. The weather and the atmosphere impact the types of plants and animals that thrive in a region. Soil quality and terrain dramatically change the environments we live in, ranging from deserts and beaches to mountains and forests. 

We learn new information about the environment every day, so environmental enthusiasts have a lot of content to keep up with. Put your knowledge to the test and see if you know everything about our planet and its ecosystems with these environmental trivia questions and answers.

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Lightning bolts can travel how far?

106 miles

60 miles

69 miles

0.6 miles

Which country does the Parana River not flow through?

45 °C

35 °C

15 °C

25 °C

The speed of the fastest man on the world would be classed what on the Beaufort scale?

Massive Gale

Moderate Wind

Strong Breeze

Tornado

Which of the following is charged with gathering and providing results for the public in Japan, that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation and research into natural phenomena in the fields of meteorology, hydrology,seismology and volcanology, among other related scientific fields?

WMO

RSMC

JMA

DMO

What is a measure of human impact on the environment. Carbon ____.

Parallel

Thumb

Zone

Footprint

A hurricane would be what number on the Beaufort scale?

12

9

7

10

Off these, which is a temperature scale?

Becquerel

Chadwick

Rutherford

Fahrenheit

The World Bank has approved a loan to Uruguay to help avoid financial pressures of climate shock; how big was the loan?

$200 million

$250 million

$400 million

$150 million

Which city in the UK gets the most rain in a year?

Canterbury

Newcastle

Southampton

Belfast

Which of the following is a treaty that puts the obligation to reduce current emissions on developed countries on the basis that they are historically responsible for the current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

Global Warming Awareness

The Kyoto Protocol

Action Eco-21

Cool Biz Protocol

Puff white clouds at the top and grey at the bottom are called what?

Cumulus

Cumulo-nimbus

Cirrus

Nimbus

The sun creates which vitamin?

Z

Y

D

B

What speed must a wind reach to be classified as a hurricane?

120 mph

74mph

160 mph

180 mph

Which natural phenomena can be cirrus, altocumulus, and stratus amongst others?

Tornados

Clouds

Rainbows

Hailstones

Brass monkey’ is a phrase used to describe what type of weather?

Freezing fog

Freezing sea

Freezing cold

Freezing breeze

What color is in the middle of a rainbow?

Black

Blue

Pink

Green

Which environment is the driest on Earth?

Mediterranean

Forest

Tundra

Subtropical

The Beaufort scale measures what?

Humidity

Rain Speed

Wind speed

Snow Depth

Name the transition zone between two distinct air masses.

Right

Front

Middle

Left

Which of these is NOT caused by the tilting of the earth?

High and low tide

Length of days

Seasonal weather

Summer

What is very thin fog is termed what?

Snow

Clouds

Rain

Mist

Which natural environment are coral reefs most likely to be found in?

Ocean

Moon

Beaches

Land

Off these, which place is the coldest?

England

South Africa

Spain

Iceland

Which country does the Amazon River not flow through?

A tropical wetland

A range of hills

A lake

a mountain

What is England’s lowest ever recorded temperature?

-180

-20

-140

-26

Where is the sun in relation to you if you can see a rainbow?

Behind you

Front of you

None of these

Top of you

Name the lines on a weather chart connecting areas of equal pressure.

Amphoteric

Isobars

Covalent

Zwitterion

What is the term for the temperature of the surrounding air?

Charles’s law

Coalescence

Ambient temperature

Aneroid barometer

Force 10 wind on the Beaufort scale can have what effect on trees?

Rustles leaves

Uproots them

Rocks the leaves

Cracks Small branches

Cirrus clouds are made of what?

Ice Crystals

Carbon Monoxide

Nitrogen

Mercury

In the United Kingdom, how many consecutive days with less than 0.25 millimeters of rain are required to constitute a drought?

24

18

21

15

Which of these environments is the driest on planet Earth?

Rainforest

Tundra

Seabed

Mediterranean

Name the fog that forms on Table Mountain.

Tablecloth

Candy Range

Napkin Range

Misty Range

Which US mountain is the windiest place in the world?

Mount Rushmore

Mount Washington

Mount New York

Mount Las Vegas

The calm dry period of weather during late autumn is called what?

English Summer

Indian summer

Spanish summer

French summer

Which of these is irrelevant in creating a rainbow?

Flowers

Fish

Insects

Wind

Which of these is not a weather condition associated with mountains?

Lightning

Tornado

Cyclone

Rainbow

North Carolina was hit by which hurricane in 2000?

Jones

James

Floyd

John

Which one of these is not a cloud?

Cumulus

Nimbostratus

Claudius

Altocumulus

Which of these is used to prevent environmental skin damage?

Antioxidants

UV Rays

Enzymes

Radiation

Which sort of clouds produce hail storms?

Cumulo-nimbus

Cirrus

Nimbus

Cumulonimbus

Which of these does NOT cause any global warming?

Driving a Motorbike

Taking a Train

Walking

Flying in a Fighter Jet

What is the average temperature in a rainforest?

27

9

10

7

Cuándo llovió por última vez en el desierto de Atacama?

1990

1999

2003

2011

What do the letters RH stand for?

Rover Herd

Relative humidity

Real Hinderence

Right Humity

The wind direction of a given period is called what?

Wind Regulator

Prevailing wind

Wind Factor

Frontal Winds

Which of these countries is NOT affected by tropical cyclone?

France

England

Cyprus

India

What can be cirrus, altocumulus and stratus?

Rain

Clouds

Sea Levels

Tornados

A scientist who studies the environment is commonly called what?

Maths Guru

Teacher

Ecologist

Physicist

Which country recorded the world’s highest ever temperature?

Libya

Japan

Italy

Japan

The release of water vapor into the atmosphere by plants is termed as what?

Pollution

Transpiration

Longshore

Burning

Dandelions are which color?

Black

Yellow

Blue

Green

How many seasons are there in Japan?

3

2

5

4

The heaviest hailstone ever recorded, in Bangladesh in 1986, weighed how much?

49kg

1kg

25kg

18kg

Which environmental condition helps to slow down the decaying?

Stable temperatures

High temperatures

Seasonal temperatures

Low temperatures

What is the difference in the daily temperature between the equator and the South Pole?

90

78

35

75

Why are trees good for the environment?

They absorb carbon dioxide

They absorb Oil Residue

They produce carbon monoxide

They produce Smoke

Which of these seasons is the warmest?

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Liquid changing into a gas is called this?

Temperature

Evaporation

Evolution

Change

What name is given to the middle of a hurricane?

Eye

Foot

Leg

Ear

Which country is the rainiest place on Earth?

China

Japan

United States

India

The Sao Francisco River is in which country?

1877-78

1777-78

1977-78

1677-78

Which of these is NOT the real name for a wind?

Nevados

Simoon

Pomentes

Heuris

In which year did Britain not have a drought?

1976

1756

1916

1836

Which of these is NOT the name used to describe a a wind?

Leveche

Urtico

Harmattan

Samoon

Which of these instruments are used to measure wind speed?

Borescope

Barometer

Calculator

Anemometer

Rocks are broken down by which gradual process?

Longshore Drift

Dissolution

Osmosis

Weathering

The lowest average rainfall is in which part of the UK?

Kent

Yorkshire

Dorset

East Anglia

Rapidly expanding air causes what?

Rain

Hail

Thunder

Snow

Which of these methods of disposal is the best for the environment?

Recycling

Burning

Dumping at Sea

Landfill

Mackerel sky refers to which type of clouds?

Altocumulus

Cumulonimbus

Cirroccumulus

Cirrostratus

Which of these cloud types appears in the sky between 5,000 meters and 13,000 meters?

Cumulus

Cirrostratus

Altocumulus

Stratocumulus

The highest standard type of cloud formation is what?

Cirrus

Nimbostratus

Cumulus

Altocumulus

Which cloud type is the highest in the sky?

Cirrus

Nimbus

Cumulo-nimbus

Stratus

Which of these cloud types forms highest in the sky?

Altocumulus

Cumulus

Cirrus

Nimbostratus

Approximately how long is the Amazon River?

4

7

5

6

Name of the Hurricane that hit Cuba and Hait in summer 2008.

Gustav

David

Katrina

Harris

The Ucayali River is in which country?

3,000mm to 4,000mm

1,000mm to 2,000mm

0mm to 1,000mm

2,000mm to 3,000mm

A rainbow a natural example of what?

Salt Seditation

Rock Erosion

Spectrum

Evolution

Which current makes Britain warmer than it otherwise be?

Lack of Mountains

Cloud Cover

Gulf Stream

Coastline

Gale force wind is how strong?

40 mph

180 mph

120 mph

160 mph

Which of these instruments measures temperature?

Smoke Alarm

Litmus Paper

Thermometer

Gigar Counter

Borescopes are used to measure what?

Rainfall

Breathing

Atmospheric pressure

Heart Beat

What is the most polluted town in the world?

Dzerzhinsk

Snezhinsk

Obninsk

Bratsk

Name the temperature of the surrounding air.

Wind Factor

Air Velocity

Ambient temperature

Flat Temperature

Sun block is what UV factor?

7

9

10

50

How far across does a tornado stretch normally stretch?

100m

200m

50m

750m

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